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English noun: nuclease

1. nuclease (substance) general term for enzymes that catalyze the hydrolysis of nucleic acid by cleaving chains of nucleotides into smaller units


Broader (hypernym)enzyme


Narrower (hyponym)endonuclease, exonuclease









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